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German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once said that truths are "illusions of which one has forgotten that they are illusions." What, exactly, does this mean? If we accept this premise, why do we...

President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency in order to build his promised southern border wall. Let me preface this by saying this isn’t going to be about whether or not this is something...

Although the so called “blue wave” was more of a ripple, Democrats nonetheless came home with total control over the House of Representatives. Democrats, especially in New Jersey, California, Pennsylvania...

Over the past two days, a slew of pipe bombs and explosive devices mailed to prominent political figures were intercepted. These included former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President Barack...

“America First” was a campaign slogan that President Woodrow Wilson used that helped summarize anti-interventionism during the backdrop of World War I. For a while the slogan proved effective, and...

It’s exceptionally easy to point out everything wrong with Donald Trump’s presidency. Everyone, including some people in the Republican party, do it all the time. However, there’s far more to the...

Don’t look now but Donald Trump is actually doing a pretty good job in office. Take away all of the backroom conversations, the tweets, and Russian conspiracies and you will see that the president of...

After Oprah Winfrey’s passionate speech at the Golden Globes several weeks ago, social media and news networks went crazy with the potential of Oprah Winfrey running for president in 2020. Winfrey hasn’t...

We are approaching the one year anniversary of the biggest upset in American political history: The election of Donald Trump. I recently watched a documentary on the 2016 election and was fascinated by...

On Friday, the president of the United States called "the fake news media" an "enemy of the American People." At The Whit we consider ourselves to be part of the media, and we are not an enemy of the American...